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Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-13
2007-03-13
McNeil, Jennifer C. (Department: 1775)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Self-sustaining carbon mass or layer with impregnant or...
C977S742000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10910784
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a fused heterostructure comprising a carbon nanotube and at least one nanocrystal, wherein the nanocrystal is attached by a covalent linkage to at least one oxygen moiety on the nanotube, and wherein there is no intermediary linker between the nanotube and the nanocrystal.
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Banerjee Sarbajit
Wong Stanislaus S.
Hoffmann & Baron , LLP
McNeil Jennifer C.
Miller Daniel
The Research Foundation of State University of New York
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